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Originally Posted by Villages PL
Thanks for the explanation. It certainly sounds like a high powered curriculum. But wouldn't it be fair to ask if it's working? I would think the underlying essence of it all is whether or not patients are being helped. If not, what is the point of all that schooling?
Research has found that, overall, annual physicals prevent nothing, according to a Daily Sun column by David Lipschitz M.D. This is the overall result you get when you compare benefits versus harm caused by conventional medicine.
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Conventional wisdom says: Don't change the requirements for a medical degree. But consider the following:
800,000 deaths per year are caused by conventional medicine. It's the leading cause of death and injury in the U.S. (Source: "Death By Medicine", Copyright 2010)
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The Flexner Report about 80 years ago did that very job, and changed medical education significantly. The AAMC has followed up on a frequent basis and keeps up with the times. It is working!
The Daily Sun is not an expert on medical education ...despite the fact that I enjoy it and read it everyday.
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